Compact manicuring implement



Jan. 12, 1932. J. KERN 1,841,291

QOMPACT MANICURING IMPLEMENT Filed Feb. 2, 1931 2 Sheets-Shet 1 3 /0 J'3 gwomtoc I Jade v72 K725422 22.

Jan. 12, 1932. J. KERN 1,841,291

COMPACT MANICURING IMPLEMENT Filed Feb. 2, 19:51 a Sheets-Sheet 2 2 bgwuentov c 40" Inthe drawings 7, r

JOSEPH 3mm; on NEW BRIT Ai- N, {comzmmga sisting-ercoaas v m I a n);rJGLARm-QF HARTFOBEYQONNEGTICUT "eom c iirm esmg;mgtmm j 3 p i sApplicationgiiledjebruary 'Q,

This invention relates t'o certain new and useful improvements in acompact manicurf ing implement and method of making the p v"on;line-2+2ofFigure1; I

same;

5 u The primary objectof tlieinventionis I provide a compact manicuringimplement of; I a size comparablewith a pencil'or fountain? pen thatmaybe readily'carried in apocket or purse and include"aFoompletesetoffmani curing devices forfinger nails, such ajsa nail file; a:cuticle cutter; anail'cle'aiier and cuticlepusher or cleaner and acombined sandpaper stripfand b'ufi'er;

g- A further object ofjthe'invention "1M6 7' provide. a compactmanicuringi implement;

' 'jof theforegoing characterwhereinfthe fiail j filing portionsthereofare of differentde'grees:

, of fineness with a smooth edge atjea'c'h ;'fil ep'or*'-;f- -t ionpositionable beneath the nail' whentfheii device is in use to preventinjury to 'th'ei'finger flesh: and cuticle, thefileportionbcing"de-T' pI I U V H n p I Isa-lid" papeif'strip and bufferwithin the tube; s] nailWithout rotating oi Otherwise shifting; v

' H themanicuring accessories;

signed to produce a rounded edge on the the implement duringalilirigoperation;

4 A still further objectofthe'inventionfr sides in the method ofmanufacturingthe implement and especially in the formation ofthebarrelrportion thereof lfir'om distrip or blank of material thatisrolled -to ffei'ent degrees of l k', W I t -'0ute s Y rolled; intotubularj formationj with the op If positeside edges spaced from each otherand Jthfinwardlydisposed nalilfiling areasf;- h

Figure-6i a; cross sectional 'viewysimila'r V e 5 shoivinganotherconfiguration "6 finenesg disposed V V -F-igiire2 iscrosssctiOnal view t ken f Figu es is a fragmentary Figure 5 *is'; across-sectional iview; taken cn line' 5 "'5'offF-igure 4, showingtheblank p was; theKt'ub'e having; flattened its-spaced'edges; I Fi ure-17 is side elevational view' of the completed co'mpac manicuringimplement? shovvin'o fenc'l rplugs carrying ''Ihanicuringdevicesfseatled in} the tube ends and acoinbined vices j enp osed foruse mounted in the tubevviththe.,mani@urin u With the above and jothersobjects I that will become apparent as [the natuij e rof g' theinvention'is better understood, the same Figure 1 isa fragmen Figure 12is a-er. brf z t i ';f 'jfFigiifzIl? i'sYaj I -"awayof thejcombinedsandpaper stripji-and I tary-planvmw of thex inner face of a b'lankl'strip;from; vvhichjthel manicur-ing implement is" formed, showingrrunrou'ghened smooth side-"edges with: nail file sections at each sideof the blanlifof-idif r- 1 j 'Figurelll is a longitudinal se'ctlonallFigure 'is; a fragmentary plan view shovvl iingYthebIankin rolled foration;

Fig re ioisa longitudinal sectional view; Q- {of the-tube or'sholdershowingthefplaiiredgef' i "and: the inwardly set 'fileiportion; V

erase ofthe anici ring devices or clea ing;

'a longitudinal sectional thelnailsand pushingthe cuticlerbackwa fdlyf,

t e' z nimrih devic ,showi ldi f V 4 viex ofthefT; device showninvFgure"13 paper strip and buffer chamois adhesively secured toopposite'sides of a thin metal backing strip; I I V Figure 16 is a planview, partly broken away showing another form of sand paper device andbuffer; and

Figure 17 is cross-sectional view taken on line 1717 ofFigure16 showinga wadding or cushioned backing for the bufier Chamois. In themanufacture of the compact manicuring implement, the same is formedfrom' a flat metallic strip 1 as shown in Figures 1 to 3 with one facethereof tapering from points laterally of the longitudinal axis to wardopposite sideedges and roughened over said tapered faces as at 2 toprovide nail filing sections of difierent degreesof fineness, The

- nail filing sections or surfaces '2 terminate inwardly of the oppositeside edges of the blank strip 1 and said edges as indicated at 3 areunroughened and smooth for purposes presently to appear.

i rolled into tubular formation as shown at 1a in Figs. etand 5 with therolled edges 3 spaced from each other the nail filing surfaces 2 beingdisposed .at the inner sides of. the tube.

The cross-sectional configuration of the tube may embody differentforms, Fig ure 6 showing the tube lb fiattened on the sides thereofadjacent the spaced edges asiat 4 for bettergripping or thelike in themaf v nipulation'of the device. 3

The manicuring devices carried by thetube 1a include end plugs 5 and 6seated in the ends v of-the tube 1a and limitedin such seating movementby the annular flange 7 engaging the adjacent tube end as shown in-Figure 7,, the outer end of each plug'being fashioned as at 8 tofacilitatethe gripping thereofiiin removing the same from the tube for,the use 1 H of the manicuring devices carried by the opposite ends ofthe plugs which are normally. housed-Within the tube as shown in Figure7. The plug 5 carries upon one end thereof a ,nail cleaner 9employed'for removing foreign matter from beneath the nails and the sameend of the plug 5 carries an element 10 for pushing backwardly thecuticle that overlies the fingernail, the devices 9 and 10, beingseparately useable. 7

The plug 6 as shownin Figure l2carries an end lug 11 upon its inner endthat carries a cross-pin 12' upon which'a rotary disk cutter 13 ismounted to lee-employed for the cutting of cuticle. When the implementis out of use, the end plugs 5 and 6 are inserted in the ends of thetube 1a with the manicuringde, vices housed within the tube and whensaid implement is in use,.the plugs are-reversibly mounted ias shown inFigurefil.

' A combined sand papering device and nail bufl'erfl isillustrated-ascarried within the tube in Figures 7 to -9 and-is removable therefromfor use; the detail construction thereof "beingshown in Figures 13 to1'5while a modified form of this device is shown in Figures 16 and 17.As shown in Figures 13 to 15,

the device includes a relatively thin metal strip backing 15 having astrip of sand paper secured by overturned flanged edges 20 onthe'backing strip 15a as shown in Figure 17,

thus providing a cushioned buffer. The blank strip 1 is then 1 Themeofthe manicuring implements car- H ried by the end plugs 5 and.6ishereinbefore r set forth and the combined sand paper strip a andbufier is removable from the tube 1a for use; Inthe operation of thenail file, surfaces 2, the finger-nail isinserted between thespacedrolled edges13 ofzthe tube 1a, the

rollededge 3 being positionedbetween the nail and finger to eliminatethe possibility of injury to the flesh ofthe finger and to prerounded:edge on the finger nail, without special manipulation of the tube andaccomsent the nail edge to the desired file surface 2. a The curvatureof the file surface produces a a plishes a -more perfect filing of thefinger nail with injury to the flesh of the finger eliminated as wouldbepossible with the or VVhil'e there are hereinlshown and described thepreferred embodiments of the present in- 'v'ention, it is neverthelessto be'understoocl that minorchanges may be made therein withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed I claimv side with nail-filing surfaces on the inner face adjacent each edge, areversible plug in each 1. A compact manicuring implement comprising atubular member slotted along one 7 end of the tube and carryingmanicuring de- 1 vices on one end, and a combined sand paper strip andbuffer housed within the tubular -member. I

2 In 'a sand'er and polisher of the character describedya relativelythin flexible metallic'backing strip,-'sand paper secured to secured tothe other side thereof;

3. In a sander and polisher of the char-' acter described; a relativelythinflexible meone side of the strip and a buffer chamois '1tallicfbacking .strip, -sand paper adhesively i secured to oneside ofthe backingstrip, and a buffer chamois adhesively secured to the otherside thereof. r V

4. In a sander and polisher of the character described, a relativelythin flexible metallic I backing strip, sand paper adhesively secured toone side of the backing strip, fingers struck out from the strip forfurther anchoring the sand paper, a buffer Chamois associated with theother side of the strip, a packing interposed between the strip andbuffer Chamois, and a marginal flange on thestrip for securing thebuffer chamois in position.

In testimony whereof I afi'ix my signature.

JOSEPH KERN.

